Combined bottle cap and remover



pril 8 1924. 1,490,022

S. PHILIPPIDES COMBINED BOTTLE CAP AND REMOVER Filed May- 9. 1923WITNESSES INVENTOR TEPmNEPH/JPPM I lBY n n ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 8,lZi.`

ins-ia STEPHANE PHILIPPIDES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED BOTTLE CAP AND REMOVER.

Application led Mey E),

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, STEPHANE PHILIP- rrDEs, acitizen of Greece, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhat- 5 tan, in the county and State of New York,

have invented a new and lmproved Combined Bottle Cap and Remover, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact deA scription.

This invention relates to bottle caps and devices for removing the sameand has for an object to provide an improved simplitled constructionwhich may be quickly and easily operated to remove a cap from a bottleat any time.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ring for bottles havingcrown caps, the ring being arranged to act as a removing device whenactuated in a given manner.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a side view of a bottle withcertain parts broken away, the embodiment of the invention being shownin connection with the bottle.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through the upper part of thebottle shown in Figure 1 but with a modified form ot ring shown inconnection therewith.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of support co-acting with the removingring shown in Figures 1 and 3 kand disclosing certain features of theinvention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a bottleof any kind adapted to receive any desired liquid, said bottle having aneck 2 which may have reinforcing beads thereon or may be arranged Lismooth as shown in the drawing. The neck 2, however, is provided with anannular bead 3 i'or receiving the crown cap 4 in the usual manner.Hereto'fore, lever devices of diii'erent kinds have been provided Jforre- 45 moving crown caps but these devices were separate from the cap orbottle and ottentimes were not convenient.

ln order to always provide a removing de vice, a ring 5 acting as aremover is mount- 50 ed on the neck l2, said ring being formed of anydesired material, as for instance, metal, glass or other material whichmay be grasped by the hand and pulled for remov- 1923. serial No.637,899.

ing the cap ormay be caused to engage a support of a desired kind, asfor instance, the supporting bracket or shelf 6 shown in Figure it willbe noted that the ring 5 is loosely mounted on the neck 2 and is provided with a bore 7 of a size to pass over the bead 8 when appreciablepressure is applied thereto whereby it normally will remain on the neck2 but ma f be pulled therefrom.

When the bottles are arranged as shown in Figure 4, the remover ring 5acts as a flange for supporting the bottles on the shelf 6. l/Vhen it isdesired to use the con tents of any of the bottles on the shelf 6, thedesired bottle is grasped and pulled downwardly whereupon the bottlewill leaveV the ring and cap and, consequently, the cap 4 will naturallybe removed. When this is done, the bead 3 is forced through the bore .7.The ring 5 may be forced back onto the neck 2 with little eifort andwill remain there unless positively removed. Under some circumstances,however, the bore 7 may be smaller as shown in the ring 5 where the bore7 is of a diameter which will allow the ring to move upwardly to almosta central line on the bead 3 but will not allow the ring to movethereover. This movement is sutiicient to force the cap 4 ott of thebead 3 but will not torce the ring 5 from the neck 2. n

It will be noted that the remover 5 is always present and, consequently,the cap 4 may be readily removed at any time by a pull or by strikingthe ring 5 against an object in a proper direction for causing the sameto press against the cap 4.

Vhat l claim is 'lhe combination with a bottle provided with a neckhaving an outwardly extending bead at the upper end and provided with acrown cap, of a cap removing ring loosely mounted on the neck of thebottle and provided with a bore apprcciably larger than the neck of thebottle but slightly smaller' than the diameter of kthe bead whereby thebottle may he safely suspended when not in use and the cap may bequickly removed by a sufcient pressure against the ring to dislodge thecap without disengaging the ring from the neck of the bottle. Y

STEPHANE PHLIPPIDES.

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